Allison O’Donnell’s heritage project 

1. Allison O’Donnell’s heritage project 

2. My mom came most from: Germany and England. This is a German flag. This is an England flag.

3. My dad mostly came from: Ireland, France, England, and Germany. This is an Ireland flag. This is a France flag. This is an England flag. This is an German flag.

4. Family history: My Grandfather’s grandfather (David) delivered Henry Ford’s son, named Edsel Ford. My great grandfather is in the car picture (model T) showing how affordable cars could be made.

5. Stories Mom: My Great Grand parents Gammie and Pop Pop lived on a river called the saint Michales river. Across the river there was a southern plantation, Gammie and Pop Pop lived on a gentlman farm in pensylvania. Dad: My Great Grandmother Marceil Bishop lived in a bulding called the Water Gate. She taught my dad how to collect stamps. They also had a paper weight collection.

6. How does your heritage influence who you are? Mom: My family has always lived on a lot of land and enjoys having nature, Gardens, animals. Dad: My family came from Ireland and they are Catholic.

7. Traditions My dad during lent doesn't eat any meat.

8. Artifacts This is are family crest since we are irish. This is my dad’s family in a model T. This is my mom’s family tree. This is my dad’s family tree #2 This is my dad’s family tree #3

9. Additional information I asked my Grandfather some questions and he anwsered them here they are: Who made the family crest? What do the symbols mean on the family crest?Theoriginal form of O'Donnell was O Domhnaill, which means the descendent of Domhnaill or descent of Donal. (This is Gaelic of the Celtic languages of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man)  First found in the beautiful county of Galway (west coast of Ireland), where records show this distinguished Irish Clan were directly descended from Connell, son of King Niall of the Nine Hostages who died in 371. (The main blvd. in Dublin is O'Connell St)  People who were accounted for by scribes and church officials often had their name recorded many different ways because pronunciation was the only guide those scribes and church officials had to go by. This resulted in the problem of one person's name being recorded under several different variations, creating the illusion of more than one person. Among the many spelling variation of the surname O'Donn that are preserved in archival documents are O Donnell, O'Donald, O'Donall, O'Donnell and many others. There main location is now in Donegal, a great place to visit where remnants of the castle remain. Now to answer you question. The Coat of Arms consists of a gold shield, with an arm coming from the sinister side (left) of the shield, vested in blue and cuffed silver, holding a red cross. The origin of the arms of this historic family is of remarkable interest and of great antiquity. Connell son of Niall "of the Nine Hostages' (High King of Irland 375 to 402) is recorded in two of the lives of St. Patrick to have been converted to Christianity by that saint, who, to reward him for singular zeal, marked on his shield the sign of the cross, directing him and his decendants ever afterwards to bear as the emblem of victory. There is no doubt that this sign or symbol was borne by his descendants, the Lords of Tirconnell, long before any formal system of heraldry existed. Hugh O'Donnell, Chief of Tirconnell and thirty third in line from Connell made his submission to the English Government in 1576 and was knighted by Sir Henry Sidney, the Lord Deputy.  At that time the arms were recorded thus:Or issuing from the sinister (left) side of the shield an arm fessways vested azure cuffed argent holding in the hand proper a cross crosslet fitchee glues." Many branches of the great family adopted slight variation of this shield. The motto: In hoc signovinces. (Under this sign we are victorious) This is not shown on yours that you sent me.  A great mass of Ireland's population left the island in the 9th century, seeking relief from various forms of social, religious and economic discrimination partially imposed by England.  The Irish exodus was primarily to North America. If the migrants survived the long ocean journey, many unfortunately would find more discrimination in the colonies of British North America and the fledging United States of America. (Boston - no dogs or Irish allowed) The newly arrived were, however, wanted as a cheap source of labor for the many large agricultural and industrial projects (railroads - etc) that were essential to the development of what would become two of the wealthiest nations in the western world. Early immigration and passenger lists indicate many people bearing the O'Donnell name. This information was written by my grandfather Kevin O’Donnell.